Backwoods Home Magazine #98 - Mar/Apr 2006

Back issue no. 98 contains: Beautiful carved hinges; Buying the right emergency radio; Starting over, part 8; Take care of your knife; Quick-to-build survival shelters; Monster quake; A new use for old tires – a garden using tires; The wonderful world of lavender; The healthful hobby of herb gardening; Grow garlic and reap health benefits; No-frills tomato transplants; Build a groundhog snare; and to make supplies for your garden… recycle. Plus, Dave Duffy writes about why you may want to get a “stress test”; Massad Ayoob discusses the All-American Ruger 10/22 Rifle; John Silveira addresses the National Animal Identification System and how it is the bureaucrats’ latest grab for power; and Jackie Clay answers readers’ questions about processing cabbage, bubbles in canned tomatoes, black bean soup, roasting hazelnuts, canning dry beans, using powdered buttermilk, creamed horseradish, etc.